Criminal Defense & Investigations

Obtained acquittal of the president of a major retail food chain accused of bribing a sitting Maryland state senator.

Obtained acquittal of charges and violations of Maryland’s campaign fiduciary laws by a Baltimore County Councilman.

Obtained acquittal for tenured microbiology professor charged with two counts of sexual assault.

Obtained acquittal for a client charged with unlawfully possessing a firearm.

Obtained acquittal for a government official charged with theft and misappropriation charges.

Obtained acquittal for a client charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter.

Obtained new trial, followed by an acquittal, for a person wrongly convicted of armed robbery of a jewelry store based on a misidentification.

Obtained dismissal of charges against a health professional for alleged inappropriate activity with a client.

Obtained dismissal of murder charges against a physician for the physician’s lawful provision of abortion services.

Obtained dismissal of proposed charges against a target of a special prosecutor by the federal judicial panel overseeing the prosecutor’s appointment on the basis that the charges were outside the scope of his appointment.

Obtained dismissal of ethics investigation against an elected official.

Obtained dismissal of assault charges brought against a general counsel.

Obtained dismissal of drug trafficking charges against client by obtaining a hung jury and persuading the government to decline to retry the case.

Obtained dismissal of a sexual assault charge filed against a world-renowned infectious disease expert.

Obtained dismissal of all charges against a physician falsely accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend.

Obtained dismissal of all charges against a physician accused of illegal distribution of drugs to a patient with whom he was having an affair, followed by the successful defense of his professional license.

Obtained dismissal of charges against a waste hauler for an alleged environmental violation.

Obtained dismissal, on state constitutional and privilege grounds, of bribery charges against an elected official.

Obtained release from Guantanamo Bay prison of the only child soldier ever prosecuted by the U.S. government in the modern era.

Resolved extortion scheme orchestrated against a high-net-worth individual without exposing the individual to media scrutiny.

Convinced prosecutor to divert a defendant from prosecution to avoid a criminal conviction and qualify for entrance into the U.S. Armed Forces.

Represented admitted narcotics abuser charged with felony theft in three jurisdictions while on probation and successfully developed a strategy to keep him on probation.

Prevailed in appeal challenging a lower court’s ruling concerning a discovery issue that resulted in a wrongful conviction.

Defended various college students accused of Title IX violations.

Represented client freed by the federal government as part of the historic seven-prisoner swap between Iran and the United States.

Represented a former Montgomery County Councilman and former high-ranking official in the Obama Administration in a constitutional challenge concerning his eligibility for the office of Attorney General of Maryland.

Represented the first person tried in a federal death penalty case in the Southern Division of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, resulting in a life sentence rather than a death sentence.

Represented John Lee Malvo, one of the two accused D.C. snipers, against federal criminal charges in Maryland at the request of the Maryland federal bench.